Stokesley were far too good for bottom of the table Yarm, who have now lost all 15 league games with one goal for and 101 against.

Yarm put up a good fight in the first half but were cut down by the two Stokesley strikers, Josh Smith and Dominic Marshall, who were in superb form. With Cameron Hedgeley and Simon Waller dominating the midfield it was one-way traffic for most of the match.

Hedgeley's through pass gave Smith his first goal and he then took the corner from which Smith scored his second. The Yarm keeper made two good saves, first from James Weighell's free-kick and then Hedgeley's shot before Marshall crossed for Smith to get his hat-trick just before the interval.

Immediately after the restart Smith scored his fourth, a solo effort, and Marshall got Stokesley's fifth after a shot from Weighell rebounded to him.

A further three goals followed for Smith before Marshall completed his hat-trick after a good run from near the half-way line, Smith brought his personal tally to eight and then hit the post with a fine shot just before the final whistle.

NORTH ORMESBY 2, NUNTHORPE 1

WITH the wind behind them, Nunthorpe had the better of the early exchanges, but Doggy were defending well in all parts of the pitch.

Nunthorpe won a corner on eight minutes and Doggy struggled to clear their lines and from the third corner in a row, Aaron Peacock put in a dangerous ball which beat everyone, and with help from the wind hit the far post and went into the net.

Doggy got straight back at Athletic and when Mark Purvis got hold of the ball and fired in from the edge of the box with a great strike, the keeper could only parry it, and Stephen Beattie was first to the ball to fire home.

In the second half both teams went for the winner. Doggy had chances but were trying to walk it in at times, then Nunthorpe were unlucky when they struck the bar.

Just as the game was looking to be a draw, the Nunthorpe keeper rolled the ball out to his defender, only for Dean Tandy to intervene and strike home a great left-foot shot into the bottom corner.

Credit must go to both teams in this competitive game, which wasn't helped by a very strong wind.

DURHAM DIVISION ONE

ELDON LIONS 4, FISHBURN 0

LIONS gained a comfortable win and all of their squad contributed in very difficult conditions.

Luke Sproates gave Lions a perfect start when he thundered a right foot shot into the top corner within the first few minutes.

Lions lead was doubled when Ryan Ashby got on the end of a good move involving Rhys Morris and Dean Cook to fire into the bottom corner.

Michael Campbell and Morris were solid at the back leaving keeper Luke Basey with little to do. Jack Willey continued to support Sproates in midfield and it was no shock when Ashby again finished well to put Lions three up.

The scoring was finally completed near to the end when man of the match Sproates got onto an excellent cross to head home. Credit to both sides who made the best of a very windy day to play out the game in a professional manner.

The second game saw Lions come back from two-nil down to win with three excellent goals. Thomas Sotheran scored an outstanding first with a fine strike before Dean Cook equalised. Sotheran scored the winner close to full time to complete his man of the match display.

BILLINGHAM 0, SPRAIRE LADS 1

BILLINGHAM attacked with the wind behind them in the first half and produced the game's early chances. Alex Craig's long throw-ins caused a couple of scrambled clearances in the Spraire rearguard, while Harry White marshalled the defence superbly.

A good through ball from Anthony Laverick then saw Matthew Chan lob narrrowly wide.

And a deflected Daniel Liddle shot fell to Anthony Laverick, whose fine effort was parried well by the Spraire keeper.

The second half started with the impressive Kerry Hedley hitting a stinging effort that was well saved by Spencer Nicholson in the Billingham goal.

Billingham substitute James Robertson was then quickly involved at both ends, initially drifting his shot over the bar before heading a wind assisted clearance towards his own goal that produced a brilliant save from Nicholson.

The game was decided when a long throw into a crowded Billingham area saw a glancing Kerry Hedley header being deflected for an own goal.

A spirited Billingham side pushed hard for an equaliser with Arron Cessford and Matthew Chan again going close before the final whistle.

DURHAM DIVISION TWO 2

LEVEN AFC 1, SEATON CAREW JUNIORS 0

BOTH teams put in a tremendous effort all the way through, despite the windy conditions making it difficult to play. But Leven pressed forward, Aaron Prest scoring after five minutes. Leven had some more shots on goal but were stopped by Seaton Carew's keeper, who had a fine game.

Seaton Carew also had some good chances, hitting the woodwork near the end of the match. But Leven defended well, putting up a good fight, and Anthony Barnes made some brilliant saves. The whole team played well but Aaron Prest did a good job up front and was a deserved man-of-the-match.

NR DIVISION THREE

BROMPTON B 0, STOKESLEY C 3

PLAYING against the bitterly-cold wind, Stokesley managed to carve out a number of good opportunities and scored when John Noble took his goal well.

Robert Tombling put away Stokesley's second to put them in a commanding position at half-time.

The second half saw Josh Sayer, making his first full start, blast his shot high into the top corner from 25 yards to put Stokesley three up. More chances were created but, with outstanding goalkeeping from both sides, the final score remained at 3-0 which was an excellent result for the visitors.

UNDER-11, DIVISION TWO

YARM 4, CALIFORNIA 4

THIS was literally a game of two halves played in blustery conditions.

Yarm made the running in the first half and deservedly went ahead when a cross by Michael Johnson was headed home by Tom Hinchley. California responded but found Stephen Sellers in the Yarm goal in great form to deny Pickles, who found himself one-on-one with the keeper.

California then saw an effort rebound off the post before some intricate passing between Charlie Corden and Joe Minto saw Minto fire Yarm into a two-goal lead.

Corden then fired home from distance before Michael Johnson lobbed the California keeper to give Yarm a seemingly unassailable 4-0 lead.

Unfortunately Yarm's keeper Stephen Sellers sustained an injury just before half-time and with no substitute Yarm played the second half with ten men when they cut back the deficit.

Pickles broke away from the Yarm defence and coolly slotted past Corden, deputising in the Yarm goal. This spurred California on and Pickles grabbed his second when he lobbed the Yarm keeper. They kept pressing forward and Pickles deservedly grabbed his hat-trick when he rammed the ball home from a corner.

Pickles latched onto a through ball and ran athrough to score his fourth. There was a frantic final few minutes, but it would have been unfair for either team to lose in this amazing encounter.